We often ask our network to describe their ideal place of work from the salary to location to benefits and culture. We ask everything and anything we can to gather a better insight into a candidate’s perfect place to work – however weird that may be.
We find ourselves comparing start-ups to corporates, the tech world to the Financial Services space, the wants of millennials and the needs of their elders but is anyone truly honest about what they want?
Today I received an InMail that was so refreshingly candid and witty that I wanted to share it with you to remind you to go after your vision, however idyllic.
I was approached by a Data Scientist with a phenomenal resume behind him. He started his message by writing: ‘I hope this isn’t too blunt, but it helps whittle down opportunities quite quickly’ – He had my attention.
He then went on to summarise his perfect role in a 9-point checklist which has honestly made my Friday, presented an exciting challenge and presented a reminder to go after that dream job.
This is his vision, possible yours and perhaps mine, minus the Star Wars t-shirt:
1. A workplace where I can wear a t-shirt (probably Star Wars related) and jeans/ shorts every day.
2. I can work from home as often as needed, typically I don’t but it’s nice to have the flexibility.
3. Table football and table tennis.
4. Good engineering support to get models into production.
5. A team of at least 10 Data Scientists.
6. Regular freebies – be it food, drinks or anything else.
7. No tube travel.
8. A salary of £60k (plus an additional £1,000 for every minute additional commute door to door, which is currently 25 minutes, and it will take me 15 minutes to cycle to the station.)
9. Plus, an additional £10,000 for every requirement from 1-8 that isn’t met.
While I might not find a company willing to pay £1,000 a minute for not meeting demands; if I do I might not give it away, I have a pretty good chance of ticking the majority of the boxes on the list and there’s no reason why you wouldn’t be able to find your ‘perfect’ either.
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